Tidal Diamond No. 468

Diary Dates

Summer Ball Tickets : September 5th

We have 20 tickets left for the Summer Ball this year.

Tickets are £25 per person and we have a great band booked (GrooveMonster) and an excellent posh buffet organised.

You can bring non member guests as well if you would like to.

If you would like tickets please email me socialsec or contact any member of the social committee. Jane Francis, Sarah Bryant, Stacey Robbins, Kathy Gunn, Moira Barber, Derek Beaves or Jason Chipper (bar manager).

Please note that I will be away from 15th – 30th August so I may not respond to emails during this time. Please assume though that your ticket is booked if you have emailed me and I will respond as soon as possible on my return.

If you have already requested tickets and have not yet paid for them please can you do do as soon as possible please. You can leave a cheque at the club in the social secretary pigeon hole in main club house. Please do not leave cash. If you would prefer to pay by cash I am at the club on Wednesday 5th and 12th for cadets. Or you can pay by BACS , please email me for details.

Many thanks

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Round Hayling Dinghy Cruise, Sunday 9th August 11:00 departure

It’s that time of year again. Yes it’s the annual “Rite of Passage” the Round Hayling Dinghy Cruise. It’s a fifteen mile sail with a lunch stop on the beach at HISC (Hayling Island Sailing Club) followed by a portage, well walking under, via Hayling road bridge and the passage through the “Hayling Billy Gap”.

I could go on at length about weather, tides, hazards, distance, but I’ll just refer you again to the Adult Dinghy Event Policy and say that I intend to give a brief at the top of the slipway for 10:30 and to depart for 11:00. It is highly weather dependent but at present the good old BBC give me hope for a marvellous day out. If you’ve not sailed that distance before then it’s a great opportunity to take a step forward in a supported event.

See no mention of “grey rigging…” And just a gentle reminder to say compasses should be taken for all out of harbour events. Remember to take lunch, some liquids, appropriate clothing which can be carried in the supporting RIBS.

I’m happy to answer all emails if this would be your first experience. If you’re looking to develop your seamanship and a wider awareness of the sailing area then give it some thought. It is your own decision to set off and a good cruise can help enhance your skills, see what you think and I look forward to seeing a good turn out on Sunday.

Phil Bryant
Dinghy Captain

Tidal Diamond No. 467

Diary Dates

Locks Regatta

Locks intend to run three races for their regatta.

There will be 2 races on Saturday, both committee boat starts from Cruella. The course will be in the middle of the harbour with fleets split as per LHRW. So two fleets. Courses will be posted on the side of Cruella.

Sunday will be a single race from the Locks HW line off of the club house.

They will have a BBQ with some daily prizes on Saturday after the sailing and main prize giving on Sunday along with tea and cakes after the racing.

1st start 12.00 Saturday, race two as soon as possible after race one. Sunday 13.00 1st start.

Tudor sailors should sign on at Tudor with our patrol boat taking a signing on sheet of competitors down to Locks.

Janice Bell

Tidal Diamond No. 466

Diary Dates

Weekend 25/26 July – America’s Cup and Sword Sands

A reminder that racing is cancelled this weekend (25th / 26th) due to the America’s Cup sailing event at Portsmouth. Sword Sands will go ahead. Please be aware this is not an organised event, it is an opportunity for people to use the low tide to access the best beach in the harbour for a picnic or join together to play games. There will be a single patrol boat to accompany you to / from the sands, and you may ask them to carry your picnic and beach stuff!

Janice Bell
Sailing Secretary

Galley Open July 26th

Just to let everyone know the galley will be open Sunday 26th July. It will then be closed throughout August and will reopen in September.

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Locks Regatta – 1st August

Patrol Boat Helm needed to support Locks Regatta on 1st August. If you can do this duty, please select it on Dutyman or let me know.

Janice Bell
Sailing Secretary

Summer Ball

Just a reminder that thickets are still available for this years TSC Summer Ball on September 5th (40 sold so far). There will be a great party atmosphere with a superb band and a posh buffet. Tickets are £25 per person and are available from Steve Francis via email socialsec

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Family Fun Day 2015

The Family Fun Day was held this weekend and very well attended. Photos are on the club website here: http://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/11_photos/photos.php?tags=familyfunday,2015. Thanks to all members who gave their time to put the fun into the day, especially those manning the patrol boat crews, galley, BBQ and Bar, and everyone who helped set up, clear up and run the day. Over 150 burgers and sausages served and many prospective new members among the friends and family that our members brought along. Team Tudor at its best.

Rob Nicholson
Cadet Captain
and
Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Sport England grants Tudor Sailing Club £10,000

I am delighted to inform you that we have been awarded a grant of £10,000 by the Sport England Small Grants Programme to purchase 3 club dinghies for the use of members. The dinghies are 2 RS Fevas and 1 RS Quba. In line with the aims of the grant programme, the dinghies are intended to provide a pathway for older cadets to continue sailing once they become too big to comfortably use the Club’s Optimists. We also hope the boats will allow younger adults who do not yet own a boat to join the club and start sailing. The Executive Committee has agreed that boats may be used by any club member, at any time, subject to the following:

• first priority is to the cadet programme. The cadet leadership team will manage their use in this setting
• second priority is for members’ use during any organised club event
• users must be able to rig and derig the boats competently. Once the club has taken delivery of the boats, we will arrange a demonstration session so interested members may discover where the boats and foils are kept, and how to rig/derig them
• users (except for those using the boats during a cadet session) must register their usage (we will explain how to do this at the demonstration session)
• users must put the boats and equipment away in a clean and tidy state, and immediately report any problems to the Sailing and Bosuns committees
• the club will monitor usage and reserves the right to bar any individual member or groups of members from using the boats (for example if they are misusing the boats) / or limit their usage (for example, if it is felt they are preventing other people from getting a chance to try the boats)

The dinghies are on order and should be with the club in the next couple of weeks or so. We hope you enjoy sailing them. We are grateful to Sport England for this step up in our club development capability.

Janice Bell
Sailing Secretary

Tidal Diamond No. 465

Diary Dates

TSC Family Fun Day 18 July 12:00 to 16:00 – The return of the ducks!

One of the highlights of the social calendar, the Family Fun Day is not to be missed!

This years family fun day will follow the highly successful format from the last few years. The emphasis is on relaxed fun on the water and off and a chance to show the club off to friends and family. Guests are welcome & encouraged although unlike the open day earlier in the year this is aimed at members and their friends rather than an event for the general public to show up to.

We will have patrol boats on the water should you wish to take family members afloat near to the clubhouse. We’ll run some light-hearted games in dinghies and kayaks for children and adults and you can bet on those pesky yellow plastic ducks making an appearance at some point. There will be games ashore for those not venturing out. Bring some empty 2L drinks bottles and build a mini-boat for the Children’s mini-boat race.

The bar will be open and we’ll be running a BBQ.

Rob Nicholson
Cadet Captain
&
Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Available Bar Duties

We have a few gaps in the bar duty calendar over the next few months that still need volunteers! If you are available to cover one or more of these duties please let me know by emailing me and I will assign you via Duty Man. The dates are:

If you are not yet bar trained please email me with the duties you wish to perform and I will arrange the necessary training for you.

Thanks,

Jason Chipper
Bar Manager

Vacancy – Bosuns Committee

Following the AGM there is still one space vacant on the bosuns committee. The bosuns look after the compound, moorings, workshop and club equipment such as ribs and tractors, an interest or skills in boat / tractor maintenance would be ideal as this is where we currently could do with extra help, however anyone with enthusiasm will be welcome.

If you would be interested in joining then please contact Ian Smith, Bosun.
bosun

Hannah Barnes
Rear Commodore

Last week’s Priory Bay Dinghy Cruise – update

Well I thought after such a long safety based missive from me last week I thought the least I could do would be to update you all on the events of the day and to give a range of thanks to those supporting. First thanks to John, Paul, Alan and Richard (could you see where I was going there…) who drove the two Patrol Boats. We gave them no trouble from the four dinghies that took part, but it was great to sail out into the Solent with that level of reassurance tucked away behind you. Also a vote of thanks to the Cruiser sailors who turned up on the day expecting to shepherd a small fleet of dinghies across the Solent. Finally very many thanks go to Rob Nicholson who gave me the opportunity to act as lead whilst crewing in his RS Vision.

Well the story starts here to let you know because of the forecast 15 – 20 kts SW at 4pm I chose not to take the Solent crossing, but instead to take advantage of the benign early conditions for a sail out to Horse Sands Fort and back with the lunch stop, instead of on the idyllic Priory Bay sands, on the sands in front of The Ferry Boat Inn. The sail out was a very relaxing affair with the usual wind over tide in the harbour mouth to keep us on our toes. The long sail out to the Fort reminded me of the sheer beauty of our sailing area and it was a challenge to resist carrying on across the shipping lane to Priory Bay as we had reached the halfway mark at the Fort. But decisions had been made for good reason so we turned as planned and we had a fast reach back into Langstone for a good few miles and then onto our lunch stop. After an excellent lunch improved by a glass of cider and/or an ice cream, we left the pub at 2:30 pm and the wind had increased markedly over our lunch stop. I realised then that I was very happy with my weather call and the resulting 2 mile reach down the harbour was exhilarating but not as challenging as having a dinghy fleet scattered across the Solent in increasing winds. It was a great day out but with only four dinghies I wonder if my talk of “grey rigging” and inexperienced helms had too much of a bearing on members’ decisions to attend – I’m happy to discuss with any members if their decision to not join the cruise was unduly influenced by my own personal concerns. As it was the, at the end of the cruise, all attendees agreed that the right decisions were made for the right reasons and the amended plan would have proved perfect for most helms and crew; my biggest concern was a dispersed and damaged fleet in high winds, but plans are for changing and hence we had a grand and safe day out.

The next dinghy cruise is The Round Hayling Cruise on Sunday 9th August and it would be great to see a larger attendance on what is the club’s premier dinghy cruise. I promise I won’t talk grey rigging anymore…

Phil Bryant
Dinghy Captain

Laser 4.7 sail wanted

Will Stokely